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The making of Japanese settler colonialism : Malthusianism and trans-Pacific migration, 1868-1961
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ISBN: 110868758X 9781108687584 1108482422 9781108482424 9781108712316 1108606180 1108622259 Year: 2019 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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This innovative study demonstrates how Japanese empire-builders invented and appropriated the discourse of overpopulation to justify Japanese settler colonialism across the Pacific. Lu defines this overpopulation discourse as 'Malthusian expansionism'. This was a set of ideas that demanded additional land abroad to accommodate the supposed surplus people in domestic society on the one hand and emphasized the necessity of national population growth on the other. Lu delineates ideological ties, human connections and institutional continuities between Japanese colonial migration in Asia and Japanese migration to Hawaii and North and South America from 1868 to 1961. He further places Malthusian expansionism at the center of the logic of modern settler colonialism, challenging the conceptual division between migration and settler colonialism in global history. This title is also available as Open Access.


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Help (not) wanted : immigration politics in Japan
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ISBN: 1438475535 9781438475530 9781438475516 1438475519 9781438475523 1438475527 Year: 2019 Publisher: Albany, New York : State University of New York Press,

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"In Help (Not) Wanted, Michael Strausz offers an original and provocative answer to a question that has long perplexed observers of Japan: Why has Japan's immigration policy remained so restrictive, especially in light of economic, demographic, and international political forces that are pushing Japan to admit more immigrants? Drawing upon insights that he developed during twenty-two months of intensive field research in Japan, Strausz ultimately argues that Japan's immigration policy has remained restrictive for two reasons: first, Japan's labor-intensive businesses have failed to defeat anti-immigration forces within the Japanese state, particularly those in the Ministry of Justice and the Japanese Diet; and second, no influential strain of elite thought in postwar Japan exists to support the idea that significant numbers of foreign nationals have a legitimate claim to residency and membership. This book is particularly timely at a moment shaped by Brexit, the election of Trump, and the rise of anti-immigrant political parties and nativist rhetoric across the globe"--


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Understanding governance in contemporary Japan : transformation and the regulatory state
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ISBN: 9781526114693 1526114690 9781526114686 1526114682 9781526114709 1526114704 Year: 2019 Publisher: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press,

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This book explores the transformation of the Japanese state in response to the challenges of governance by focusing on two case studies: ICT regulation and antimonopoly regulation after the 1980s, which experienced a disjuncture and significant transformation within the period with approaches embracing competition. In so doing, it reveals the transformation of the state and governance in a Japanese context and presents itself as an example of the new governance school addressing the state, its transformation, and the governance of the political arena in Japanese politics and beyond, setting out a challenge to the established body of pluralist and rational choice literature in Japanese politics. With its comprehensive review and analysis of the theory and development of Japan's contemporary politics, this book is suitable as a textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate courses as well as a guidebook for practitioners engaging in policies and businesses relating to Japan.


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47 : the true story of the vendetta of the 47 ronin from Akō
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ISBN: 0918172799 9780918172792 0918172772 9780918172778 Year: 2019 Publisher: Sedgwick Leete's Island Books

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This is the story of a few men who valued justice more than life. They were members of the large Corps of Samurai in the feudal domain of Akô in western Japan. But when their lord committed the crime of drawing his sword within the castle of the Shogun, the law decreed that he should be sentenced to death, that his heir would not inherit the domain, and all of his vassals would become ronin, dismissed from employment, evicted from their homes, and deprived of their income. All 308 samurai in Akô knew the law and accepted it. And if their lord had succeeded in killing the man he attacked in the castle that would have been the tragic end of this episode. But their lord was subdued and failed to kill his enemy; which meant that yet another law came into play: the Principle of Equal Punishment. 47: The True Story of the Vendetta of the 47 Ronin from Akô tells the harrowing tale of how all this was argued, what was decided, what the results were, and what ultimately became of those 47 men who remained. 47 Ronin tells the tale in immense detail—with maps, graphics and gorgeous illustrations. It provides a richer and more in-depth picture of the Samurai than readers will find in any other medium, offering a comprehensive picture of a tale of justice, honor, politics, and the law of equal punishment.


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Japan rearmed : The politics of military power
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ISBN: 9780674987647 0674987640 Year: 2019 Publisher: Cambridge Harvard University Press

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Article Nine of Japan's postwar constitution, drafted in 1946 under U.S. Occupation, claims that the Japanese people "forever renounce the use of force as a means of settling international disputes." During the Cold War, the alliance with the United States allowed Japan to develop a largely defensive military, the Self-Defense Forces. Yet in the decades since, Japan has considered new ways to use its military. Demands from Washington for greater Japanese military participation in coalition forces and a gradual embrace in Japan of contributing to UN peacekeeping led to overseas deployments. Entering the 21st century, North Korea's nuclear and missile proliferation and China's growing maritime assertiveness have challenged Japanese strategists to confront their hesitancy over the use of force. This book examines this ambivalence over the military as an instrument of power and argues that the accelerating changes in Japan's relationship with the United States and with its neighbors are forcing Tokyo's political leaders to confront the idea that they may need to order their military to do what all militaries are expected to do: prepare for war.--


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Philosophie de la religion et spiritualité japonaise
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ISBN: 9782406084112 2406084116 9782406084129 Year: 2019 Volume: 423 Publisher: Paris Classiques Garnier

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Fruit du colloque "Spiritualité japonaise - Perceptions et représentations, entre tradition et occidentalisation" organisé par les Universités Libre de Bruxelles et Catholique de Louvain, cet ouvrage propose des recherches en philosophie de la religion sur le Japon comparativement à l’Occident.


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Imaginative mapping : landscape and Japanese identity in the Tokugawa and Meiji eras
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ISBN: 9780674241121 0674241126 1684176018 9781684176014 Year: 2019 Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Harvard University Asia Center,

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"Through analysis of a growing sense of place and affective relationship between the land and its people, this book examines how the landscape shaped a crucial aspect of Japanese identity from the seventeenth century to the end of the nineteenth century"--Provided by publisher.


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Gender and the Koseki in contemporary Japan : Surname, power, and privilege
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ISBN: 9780367424206 0367424207 9781138674349 Year: 2019 Publisher: London Routledge


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The burden of the past : problems of historical perception in Japan-Korea relations
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ISBN: 9780472074105 0472074105 9780472054107 0472054104 Year: 2019 Publisher: Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press

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"The Burden of the Past reexamines the dispute over historical perception between Japan and South Korea, going beyond the descriptive emphasis of previous studies to clearly identify the many independent variables that have affected the situation. From the history textbook debates, to the Occupation-period exploitation of "comfort women," to the Dokdo/Takeshima territory dispute and Yasukuni Shrine visits, Professor Kimura traces the rise and fall of popular, political, and international concerns underlying these complex and highly-fraught issues. Utilizing Japanese and South Korean newspaper databases to review discussion of the two countries' disputed historical perceptions from the end of World War II to the present, The Burden of the Past provides readers with the historical framework and the major players involved, offering much-needed clarity on such polarizing issues. By seeing behind the public discourse and political rhetoric, this book offers a firmer footing for a discussion and the steps toward resolution"--

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J4812.12 --- J4810.90 --- K9540.80 --- K9551.11 --- Japan: International politics and law -- international relations, policy and security -- Asia -- Korea (South) --- Japan: International politics and law -- international relations, policy and security -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary --- Korea: International politics, law and relations -- history -- modern period, postwar period (1945- ) --- Korea: International politics, law and relations -- Asia -- Japan --- Japan --- Korea (South) --- Taehan Minʼguk --- Han guo --- Dae Han Min Kuk --- Tae Han Min Guk --- Daehan-Minʼguk --- South Korea --- Tai Han Min Kook --- South Korean Interim Government --- S.K.I.G. --- SKIG --- Nam Chosŏn Kwado Chŏngbu --- Namjosŏn --- Namjosŏn Kwado Chŏngbu --- Republic of Korea --- Da Han Minguo --- Daehan Min-kuk --- Daikan Minkoku --- ROK --- 대한민국 --- 大韓民國 --- 대한 민국 --- Daehanminguk --- Nihon --- Nippon --- Iapōnia --- Zhāpān --- I︠A︡ponii︠a︡ --- Yapan --- Japon --- Japão --- Japam --- Mư̄ang Yīpun --- Prathēt Yīpun --- Yīpun --- Jih-pen --- Riben --- Government of Japan --- 日本 --- 日本国 --- Nipponkoku --- Nippon-koku --- Nihonkoku --- Nihon-koku --- State of Japan --- Япония --- Japani --- اليابان --- al-Yābān --- يابان --- Yābān --- Japonsko --- Giappone --- Japonia --- Japonya --- Foreign relations --- Diplomatic relations. --- Since 1945. --- Japan. --- Korea (South). --- USAMGIK --- United States Army Military Government in Korea --- Ȯmnȯd Solongos --- Emu̇nedu̇ Solungus --- Solongos (South) --- Solungus (South) --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Solongos Uls --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaqu Solungus Ulus --- I︠U︡zhnai︠a︡ Korei︠a︡ --- Южная Корея --- Korei︠a︡ (South) --- Корея (South) --- BNSU --- БНСУ --- Jepun --- Yapon --- Yapon Ulus --- I︠A︡pon --- Япон --- I︠A︡pon Uls --- Япон Улс


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Lost histories : Recovering the lives of Japan's colonial peoples
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ISBN: 9780674237285 0674237285 9780674237278 0674237277 1684175968 9781684175963 Year: 2019 Publisher: Cambridge Harvard University Asia Center

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"Examines material objects, visual imagery, and oral histories to help reconstruct the lives and movements of the four least examined groups of Japan's colonial subjects--the Ainu, Taiwan's indigenous people, Micronesians, and Okinawans--conveying the dynamic nature of an empire in motion and explaining how individuals navigated the variances of imperial life"--Provided by publisher.

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Ainu --- Ryukyuans --- Micronesians --- Taiwan aborigines --- Diplomatic relations. --- Kolonie. --- Indigenes Volk. --- Ethnic identity. --- 1868-1945. --- Japan --- Asia. --- Japan. --- Colonies --- Foreign relations --- Ethnic identity --- al-Yābān --- Giappone --- Government of Japan --- Iapōnia --- I︠A︡ponii︠a︡ --- Japam --- Japani --- Japão --- Japon --- Japonia --- Japonsko --- Japonya --- Jih-pen --- Mư̄ang Yīpun --- Nihon --- Nihon-koku --- Nihonkoku --- Nippon --- Nippon-koku --- Nipponkoku --- Prathēt Yīpun --- Riben --- State of Japan --- Yābān --- Yapan --- Yīpun --- Zhāpān --- Япония --- اليابان --- يابان --- 日本 --- 日本国 --- Aborigines, Taiwan --- Indigenous peoples --- Taiwan aboriginal peoples --- Ethnology --- Pacific Islanders --- Okinawans --- J4804 --- J4129 --- J3491 --- J3479 --- J3480 --- J4207 --- Japan: International politics and law -- colonial conditions, organization and administration --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- cross-cultural contacts, contrasts and globalization --- Japan: Geography and local history -- others -- Asia --- Japan: Geography and local history -- Okinawa prefecture and Ryūkyū region (Seinan) --- Japan: Geography and local history -- Hokkaidō prefecture (Ezo) --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- communities -- native ethnicity and race --- Jepun --- Yapon --- Yapon Ulus --- I︠A︡pon --- Япон --- I︠A︡pon Uls --- Япон Улс --- Diplomatic relations

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